The 2022–23 season was the 145th season in the existence of Grimsby Town Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2020–21 season following promotion in the previous season. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.
During the pre-season, the club sold a record number of season tickets, reaching 4,000 on 22 June 2022.
Transfers In DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 1 July 2022 LB Anthony Glennon Burnley Free Transfer 1 July 2022 RM Otis Khan Leyton Orient Undisclosed 1 July 2022 CB Niall Maher FC Halifax Town Free Transfer 1 July 2022 CF Danilo Orsi Harrogate Town Free Transfer 1 July 2022 CM Stephen Wearne Sunderland Free Transfer 15 July 2022 AM Kieran Green FC Halifax Town Undisclosed 15 July 2022 DM Bryn Morris Burton Albion Free Transfer 1 September 2022 CM Alex Hunt Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed 27 September 2022 GK Jamie Pardington Wolverhampton Wanderers Free Transfer 31 January 2023 RB Josh Emmanuel Hull City Undisclosed 3 February 2023 LB Owen Gallacher Crawley Town Free Transfer
Out DatePosPlayerTransferred toFeeRef 30 June 2022 CF Luis Adlard Grimsby Borough Released 30 June 2022 CM Scott Burgess York City Released 30 June 2022 CM Giles Coke Retired Released 30 June 2022 LB Adam Crookes York City Released 30 June 2022 DM Ben Fox Northampton Town Free Transfer 30 June 2022 CF Lenell John-Lewis York City Released 30 June 2022 GK James McKeown Finn Harps Released 30 June 2022 CM Danny Rose Darlington Released 30 June 2022 LW Érico Sousa Boreham Wood Released 30 June 2022 CM Luke Spokes Bath City Released 30 June 2022 RW Max Wright Harrogate Town Released 7 July 2022 CB David Longe-King Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed 2 August 2022 CF John McAtee Luton Town Undisclosed 4 January 2023 GK Jamie Pardington Larne Released 16 January 2023 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Yeovil Town Mutual Consent 24 March 2023 AM Stephen Wearne Gateshead Free Transfer
Loans in DatePosPlayerLoaned fromOn loan untilRef 21 July 2022 RM Brendan Kiernan Walsall 24 January 2023 28 July 2022 CB Andy Smith Hull City End of Season 2 August 2022 CF John McAtee Luton Town End of Season 8 August 2022 CF Aribim Pepple Luton Town 12 January 2023 1 September 2022 AM Lewis Richardson Burnley 26 January 2023 1 September 2022 CF Keyendrah Simmonds Birmingham City 14 January 2023 14 January 2023 LM Mikey O'Neill Preston North End End of Season 31 January 2023 CF Tom Dickson-Peters Norwich City End of Season 31 January 2023 CF George Lloyd Cheltenham Town End of Season
Loans out DatePosPlayerLoaned toOn loan untilRef 27 September 2022 GK Ollie Battersby Ilkeston Town 1 January 2023 7 October 2022 DF Jamie Bramwell Whitby Town 7 December 2022 14 October 2022 DF Jaz Goundry Grimsby Borough 14 November 2022 14 October 2022 FW Edwin Essel Grimsby Borough 28 January 2023 14 October 2022 DF Harvey Tomlinson Whitby Town 14 November 2022 1 November 2022 MF Stephen Wearne Torquay United 1 January 2023 17 November 2022 DF Jaz Goundry Matlock Town 17 December 2022 25 November 2022 DF Harvey Tomlinson Cleethorpes Town 17 March 2023 26 November 2022 MF Aaron Braithwaite Whitby Town End of Season 2 December 2022 DF Shaun Pearson Boston United 2 January 2023 16 December 2022 RW Jordan Maguire-Drew Yeovil Town 16 January 2023 13 January 2023 DF Jamie Bramwell Gainsborough Trinity 13 February 2023 3 March 2023 CB Jamie Bramwell Whitby Town End of Season 11 March 2023 RB Jordan Cropper Barnet End of Season 24 March 2023 CF Edwin Essel Cleethorpes Town End of Season 24 March 2023 CB Jaz Goundry Grimsby Borough End of Season
Pre-season and friendlies On 9 June, the Mariners announced their first pre-season friendlies, at home to Lincoln City and away to North Ferriby. A third fixture was confirmed 4 days later, against Cleethorpes Town. A trip to Alfreton Town was next to be added to the clubs pre-season schedule.
Competitions Overall record
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
As a League Two side, Grimsby entered the FA Cup in the first round, and were drawn at home to League One side Plymouth Argyle. They were then drawn away to League One side Cambridge United in the second round, at home to League One team Burton Albion in the third round, then away to Championship club Luton Town in the fourth round. In the fifth round, Grimsby were drawn away to Premier League club Southampton, where they produced a shock 2–1 victory and advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time in 84 years, they were the first team to knock out five teams from higher divisions in FA Cup history and the first fourth-tier side to reach the quarter-finals since Cambridge United in the 1989–90 season. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn away to Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
EFL Cup
The Mariners were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round and to Nottingham Forest in the second round.
EFL Trophy
On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Grimsby Town with Derby County and Mansfield Town. In the second round, The Mariners were drawn at home to Accrington Stanley.
First-team squad #NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Signed from (Last Club)Signed inContract endsGoalkeepers1 Max CrocombeGKMelbourne Victory 2021202313 Ollie BattersbyGKAcademy20172023Defenders2Michee EfeteRBWealdstone 202120243Anthony GlennonLBBurnley 202220245Shaun PearsonCBWrexham 202120236Luke WaterfallCBShrewsbury Town 201920247Josh EmmanuelRBHull City 2023202322Danny AmosLBPort Vale 2022202323Owen GallacherLBCrawley Town 2023202324Jaz GoundryCBAcademy2021202326Andy SmithCBHull City (loan)2022202331Niall MaherCBFC Halifax Town 2022202432Jordan CropperRBBurnley 2022202338Jamie BramwellCBAcademy20222023Midfielders4Kieran GreenCMFC Halifax Town 202220248Gavan HolohanCMHartlepool United 2022202411Otis KhanLW Leyton Orient 2022202415Harry CliftonCM/RW/LWAcademy2007202416Alex HuntCMSheffield Wednesday 2022202517Bryn MorrisCMBurton Albion 2022202318Mikey O'NeillLWPreston North End (loan)2023202330Evan KhouriCMWest Ham United 2019202434Aaron BraithwaiteCMAcademy2022202337Harvey TomlinsonRWTBCAcademy2020202344Sean ScannellRWBlackpool 20202023Attackers9George LloydSTCheltenham Town (loan)2023202310John McAteeSTLuton Town (loan)2022202319Tom Dickson-PetersSTNorwich City (loan)2023202320Danilo Orsi-DadomoSTHarrogate Town 2022202429Ryan TaylorSTNewport County 2021202339Edwin EsselSTAcademy20212023Players departed during season7Jordan Maguire-DrewRWWoking 2021202310John McAteeSTScunthorpe United 2021202314Stephen WearneRW Sunderland 2022202319Lewis RichardsonSTBurnley (loan)2022202321Keyendrah SimmondsSTBirmingham City (loan)2022202323Aribim PeppleSTLuton Town (loan)2022202327Brendan KiernanRW/STWalsall (loan)2022202335 Jamie PardingtonGKWolverhampton Wanderers 20222023 Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2022–23 season (1 September).
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